WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service is predicting a peak bloom for Washington’s cherry blossom trees between April 11-14. Organizers of the National Cherry Blossom Festival and the park service announced the peak bloom…

LONDON (AP) — Barely a year after emerging from a savage recession comparable in its intensity to the Great Depression in the U.S., Greece’s economy is shrinking again. The uncertainty generated by January’s general election…

TOKYO (AP) — North Korea has lifted severe restrictions on foreign travel it imposed last year to keep the Ebola virus from crossing its borders. The already isolated country virtually closed its borders to foreigners…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Two airplane catastrophes put Malaysia on the map in a bad way in 2014. But they didn’t hurt the country’s tourism, and the higher visibility may even have helped: visitor…

TOKYO (AP) — North Korea has lifted severe restrictions on foreign travel it imposed last year to keep the Ebola virus from crossing its borders. The already isolated country virtually closed its borders to foreigners…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several hundred people gathered Monday at rallies in Utah and Nevada to demonstrate their opposition to efforts by some Western states to seize control of federal lands. Inside the Utah…

If you’re going to do a movie sequel that doesn’t quite measure up to the original and seems rather hurriedly cobbled together, well, OK. Many filmmakers have done the same. But actually putting the words…

NEW YORK (AP) — More than two dozen early 15th-century sculptures created for Florence Cathedral are making an unprecedented appearance in New York City. The Museum of Biblical Art on Manhattan’s Upper West Side is…